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I have never been in a group where anyone other than the Game Master has bought the books. The book is either passed around the table, or the DM has an Master Tier subscription on D&DBeyond (and thus is sharing everything on that site) or a PDF is shared with the group (depending on your system...

I surely hope it’s more than just repackaged content that we got back in 5E. I would prefer it to not be like Call of Duty, charging you full price for minor changes/modifications.

I too, play deathwish characters, but we mostly do Savage Worlds, and it is significantly easier to die in that game 😂 First death was in a Weird Wars II game. While the party setup an ambush, I did a parlay with a Nazi Commander, and I absolutely gave him the disrespect he deserved. He shot in...

I guess to directly answer the question: I imagine I’ll use the CR guidelines and the magic items and that’s it. So like, 20% useful?

It’s exactly what I thought it would be: aside from the surprisingly interesting (only tried it in a couple sessions so far) new CR guidelines, it’s basically a nothingburger if you’ve been playing for more than five years. I just don’t want a book of advice in 2024 when the internet exists. I...

I'm specifically talking about the mechanical bits. the example I like to give is how I would run an avalanche in both Savage Worlds and 5E. Like 5E, Savage Worlds is a 'rulings, not rules' kind of system. The difference between the two, though, is the GM support. In 5E, to learn how an...

It's in the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition core rulebook. Online parlance calls it SWADE. LINK I got what I needed from the SW GM toolkit. Those tools enhance my Savage Worlds games. I don't have what I "would like" (I wouldn't qualify this as a need) from the 5E DM books. The 5E DM tools...

I mean ~gestures to the swarm of complaints online about OP spells/spellcasters~. When I first started, coming off of 4E, I didn't use the Adventuring Day. Mainly because, to me at least, it isn't natural. I'm always thinking about the "big fight", not the two trash fights that lead to the big...

It'll be interesting to look back in a year to see if the removal of the Adventuring Day is due to the new CR system being actually effective, or due to WOTC just cutting it out and not replacing it with anything. I find it hard to believe that the Adventuring Day is just "out" from the game...

Let me be clear: I don't mean sales. A DMG will always sell less than the PHB and MM. I mean in terms of content and usability. Does it need to be the nature of the beast? I always compare the DMG to the 34 pages of Savage Worlds' Adventure Toolkit. In those 34 pages, I get more bang for my...

It's also not that hard to discuss, so the absence is puzzling. My biggest advice for new DMs who are playing in higher tiers (past level 8) is to start linking encounters together. For example, it's no longer just an "orc ambush". It's an orc ambush, which provides a link to the orc chieftain...

But look, I get it, I'll stand down. I'm not intentionally trying to yuck yums or yams or yims. I said what I needed to say. I, like obviously all of you, want D&D to be the best it can be.

I'm not "crapping" on others. I have not once attacked nor belittled any person. I'm being critical of WOTC, so if that's what you mean by "crapping", then sure, I guess, but I don't think a corporation needs anybody to defend it. I'm stating an opinion. I apologize if you don't like that...

The longer I play 5E, the more I rely on the Adventuring Day. Not saying I like it - I don't - but in my experience most issues involving spells, features, etc. are a simple fact of Sleepover Parties (ie, 5E tables that do one fight per Long Rest). Having more encounters per Long Rest...

If me being critical of something dear to me (because I want it to be better) is yucking your yum, you might need to strengthen your yums, my guy.

Totally. Also, I'm passing judgement and making assumptions (which does make me an ass) based on WOTC's previous work these past few years. The sneak peeks have done nothing to convince me otherwise.

Success doesn’t equal quality. It’s “fine”; it does just enough to seem simple to new players. I’d argue a big chunk of that “success” was largely outside of WOTC’s control (Community’s D&D episode, Stranger Things, Critical Role, etc.) We’re also talking about the DMG, which is their least...

If D&D was better than those games, yeah we’d play it more. But it isn’t better, so 5E is just one of the many games on our rotation. I wish it was better. D&D brought me into the hobby. It has a special place in my heart. I just won’t accept mediocre work.

That’s not true? I just recognize that WOTC is not an A+ studio. Their competitors are better adventure writers. Google “best TTRPG adventures”. You will not find a WOTC adventure. I want GOOD D&D. I’ve not resigned myself to getting sloppy work, which WOTC will continue to do until they...

Am I paying full price for a reorganization? Pretty much all of their adventures are misses, outside of a few outliers, especially when you compare them to their biggest competitors (Paizo and Chaosium). Xanathar’s was good, that I’ll freely admit. Pretty much everything else was a miss. I’d...